Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!–<ul>
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<li>See what<a href="http://neverpo.st/interstitials"> interstitials we need submissions for</a>
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</ul>–Intro Links<ul>
<li><a href="https://ubuweb.com">ubuweb.com</a></li>
<li>Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), <a href="https://www.ubuweb.com/sound/Bok_Blonk_Stewart_ABC_Radio.html">ubuweb.com</a>
</li>
<li>Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, <a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-technologists-are-being-forced">Don Moynihan</a>
</li>
<li>GSA eliminates 18F, <a href="https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/403400/?oref=ng-author-river">NextGov</a>
</li>
<li>Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, <a href="https://www.intrinsec.com/doppelganger-new-disinformation-campaigns-spreading-on-social-media-through-russian-networks/?cn-reloaded=1">Intrinsec</a>
</li>
<li>NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, <a href="https://www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-report-russian-propaganda-may-be-flooding-ai-models">American Sunlight Project</a>
</li>
<li>Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-acquire-digg/?guccounter=1">TechCrunch</a>
</li>
</ul>–Authoritarians vs Wikipedia<ul><li>Censorship of Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia">Wikipedia.org</a>
</li></ul>Find Stephen:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.sourcenotes.blog/">Sourcenotes</a></li>
<li>Stephen’s novel, <a href="https://www.stephenharrison.com/">The Editors</a>
</li>
<li>Stephen <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenharrison.com">on Bluesky</a>
</li>
</ul>–Are We Having Fun Yet?<ul>
<li>Find Kyle: <a href="https://x.com/chaykak?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/chaykak.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kchayka/?hl=en">Instagram</a>
</li>
<li>Kyle at <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kyle-chayka">The New Yorker</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@titanium.daydream">Titanium Daydream</a> (also on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90b2ieXBcMOGTt33rTrF4g">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/titaniumdaydream/?hl=en">Instagram</a>) </li>
<li>Read Kyle’s book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695902/filterworld-by-kyle-chayka/">Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture</a>
</li>
</ul>–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.Oh! to be almost loquaciousRather than fatally overloquacity’s edgeExcerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne KoestenbuamNever Post is a production of Charts &amp; Leisure

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;–&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drop us a voice memo via &lt;a href="https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form"&gt;airtable&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;See what&lt;a href="http://neverpo.st/interstitials"&gt; interstitials we need submissions for&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;–&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intro Links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ubuweb.com"&gt;ubuweb.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), &lt;a href="https://www.ubuweb.com/sound/Bok_Blonk_Stewart_ABC_Radio.html"&gt;ubuweb.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, &lt;a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-technologists-are-being-forced"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don Moynihan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GSA eliminates 18F, &lt;a href="https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/403400/?oref=ng-author-river"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NextGov&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, &lt;a href="https://www.intrinsec.com/doppelganger-new-disinformation-campaigns-spreading-on-social-media-through-russian-networks/?cn-reloaded=1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intrinsec&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, &lt;a href="https://www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-report-russian-propaganda-may-be-flooding-ai-models"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;American Sunlight Project&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, &lt;a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-acquire-digg/?guccounter=1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TechCrunch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;–&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Authoritarians vs Wikipedia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Censorship of Wikipedia, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wikipedia.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Stephen:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sourcenotes.blog/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sourcenotes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stephen’s novel, &lt;a href="https://www.stephenharrison.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Editors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stephen &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenharrison.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;on Bluesky&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;–&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are We Having Fun Yet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find Kyle: &lt;a href="https://x.com/chaykak?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twitter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/chaykak.bsky.social"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bluesky&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kchayka/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instagram&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kyle at &lt;a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kyle-chayka"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@titanium.daydream"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Titanium Daydream&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (also on &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90b2ieXBcMOGTt33rTrF4g"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YouTube&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/titaniumdaydream/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Instagram&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Read Kyle’s book &lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695902/filterworld-by-kyle-chayka/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;–&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh! to be almost loquacious&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rather than fatally over&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;loquacity’s edge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Excerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne Koestenbuam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Never Post is a production of Charts &amp;amp; Leisure&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!

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Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
Drop us a voice memo via <a href="https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form">airtable</a>

Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com
See what<a href="http://neverpo.st/interstitials"> interstitials we need submissions for</a>

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Intro Links

<a href="https://ubuweb.com">ubuweb.com</a>
Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), <a href="https://www.ubuweb.com/sound/Bok_Blonk_Stewart_ABC_Radio.html">ubuweb.com</a>

Skilled technologists are being forced out of government, <a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-technologists-are-being-forced">Don Moynihan</a>

GSA eliminates 18F, <a href="https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/403400/?oref=ng-author-river">NextGov</a>

Doppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, <a href="https://www.intrinsec.com/doppelganger-new-disinformation-campaigns-spreading-on-social-media-through-russian-networks/?cn-reloaded=1">Intrinsec</a>

NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, <a href="https://www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-report-russian-propaganda-may-be-flooding-ai-models">American Sunlight Project</a>

Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-acquire-digg/?guccounter=1">TechCrunch</a>

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Authoritarians vs Wikipedia
Censorship of Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia">Wikipedia.org</a>

Find Stephen:

<a href="https://www.sourcenotes.blog/">Sourcenotes</a>
Stephen’s novel, <a href="https://www.stephenharrison.com/">The Editors</a>

Stephen <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenharrison.com">on Bluesky</a>

–

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Find Kyle: <a href="https://x.com/chaykak?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/chaykak.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kchayka/?hl=en">Instagram</a>

Kyle at <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kyle-chayka">The New Yorker</a>

<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@titanium.daydream">Titanium Daydream</a> (also on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90b2ieXBcMOGTt33rTrF4g">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/titaniumdaydream/?hl=en">Instagram</a>) 
Read Kyle’s book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/695902/filterworld-by-kyle-chayka/">Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture</a>

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Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.

Oh! to be almost loquacious

Rather than fatally over

loquacity’s edge

Excerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne Koestenbuam

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